Obituaries
Mr. James Millage Branning, Iii
Mar 30, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. James Millage Branning, III, 48, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at his home in Fort Meade. Mr. Branning was born June 2, 1973 in Wauchula and was a certified welder for McCormick Fabrications. He was of the Christian faith and loved to spend time with his family and friends, was a member of the Hardee...
Mrs. Iona Mae Barnett
Mar 12, 2022
BOWLING GREEN - Mrs. Iona Mae Barnett passed away Sunday, March 12, 2022 in Sebring, FL. Mrs. Barnett was born August 22, 1941 in Etowah County, Alabama, and has been a resident of Bowling Green for many years. She was a 1960 graduate of Fort Meade High School, and as she loved to be around people, she always enjoyed types...
Mr. Harold E. "Mike" Michaels, Jr.
Mar 12, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. Harold E. "Mike" Michaels, Jr. passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022 in Lakeland, FL. Mike was born January 21, 1938 in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. He was a member of the New Life Baptist Church, Fort Meade and a U.S. Army Veteran. Mike was Fort Meade's...
Mr. Fred Mooney
Mar 5, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. Freddie Robert Mooney, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022, at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Fred was born August 5, 1944 in Plant City, FL, and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He was a Vietnam veteran, serving as a Frogman in the U.S. Navy. Following his service time, he worked as a...
Mr. Joe D. Belcher
Mar 2, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. Joe D. Belcher, 81, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at his home in Fort Meade, FL. Mr. Belcher was born December 9, 1940, and was a native and life long resident of Fort Meade. He was a graduate of Fort Meade High School, and a volunteer fireman with the Fort Meade Fire Dept. for many...
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Smith
Mar 2, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Dorothy Ann Smith, 84, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at her home in Fort Meade. Mrs. Smith was born January 29, 1938 in Manatee Co., and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a homemaker and loved children and her time spent with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Smith was...
Mrs. Edith Albritton Putnel
Feb 27, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mrs.Edith Albritton Putnel, 78, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at her home in Fort Meade, FL. Mrs. Putnel was born in Picnic, FL on March 12, 1943 and has been a resident of Fort Meade for many years. She was a retired secretary working with IMC for more than 30 years. She loved to travel and...
Mrs. Marjorie Flood Hancock
Feb 24, 2022
FORT MEADE – Mrs. Marjorie Flood Hancock, known affectionately by many as Margie, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022 at her home in Fort Meade following a brief illness. Margie was born November 12, 1944 in Lakeland, FL and has been a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, where she was the owner, along with her husband and sons, of Hancock...
Mrs. Sylvia Stokes Brown
Feb 20, 2022
Sylvia E. Brown, born Sylvia E. Stokes (75 years of age), went home to be with our Lord and Savior on 02/20/2022. A lifelong educator and teacher, Sylvia taught at Old Town Elementary for 30 years. Following her retirement in 2005, Sylvia and her husband, Ed Brown, relocated to Lake City, FL where she continued to teach as a substitute...
Lino Antonio Sanchez
Jan 25, 2022
BARTOW - Mr. Lino Antonio Sanchez, 60, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2022 in Bartow, FL. Mr. Sanchez was born February 9, 1961 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico and has been a resident of the Fort Meade and Bartow area for many years. He was a tow truck driver and auto mechanic and of the Catholic faith. Mr. Sanchez is survived...
Holly J. Rawlins
Jan 18, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Holly J. Rawlins, 67, passed away at her home in Fort Meade, FL on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Holly was born August 23, 1954 in Lakeland, FL and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, where she was a hair stylist for 50 years. She began her career working with Mrs. Frances Rolling at the LaBelle...
Mr. Prospero Carachure
Jan 12, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. Prospero Carachure, 63, passed away Wednesday, July 12th in Lake Wales, FL. Mr. Carachure was born July 24, 1958 in San Jose Poliutla, Gurrero, Mexico and has been a resident of Fort Meade for 30 years. He was a nursery labor worker and of the Catholic faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Ambrocio...
Mr. Wayne "Bud" C. Greenwood, Jr.
Jan 12, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr, Wayne (Bud) C. Greenwood Jr. (88) Bud (as he was fondly known) passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 in Greensburg, PA. He was 88 years old. He was born July 26, 1933 in Greene, Ohio, the son of the late Wayne C. Greenwood Sr. and Mary E. (Jervis) Greenwood from Mecca, Ohio. Bud’s two biggest...
Mr. Robert M. "Bobby" Stedem
Jan 11, 2022
LAKELAND – Robert M. Stedem, 33, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2022 in Lakeland, FL. Bobby was born March 21, 1988 in Youngstown, Ohio, and was a lifelong resident of Lakeland where he graduated from Gause Academy in 2006. He attended Santa Fe Community College, and loved music, the outdoors, sailing, biking, and especially spending time with family, friends, and...
Mr. Charles Scott Greer
Jan 11, 2022
FORT MEADE - Mr. Charles Scott Greer, 59, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2022 in Fort Meade, FL. Scott was born November 3, 1962 in Plant City, FL and has been a resident of Fort Meade for several years. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in Germany, as a tach fire operation specialist. Scott was a former employee of...
Mrs. Hattie Wilson Groom
Dec 31, 2021
FORT MEADE - Mrs. Hattie Wilson Groom, 91, passed away Friday, December 31, 2021 in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Hattie, as she was affectionately known by many, was born February 10, 1930 in Florence, AL and moved to Fort Meade in 1983 from Bowling Green, FL. She was a homemaker and member of the Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Fort Meade,...
Miss Thelma Lee Sturgis
Dec 24, 2021
FORT MEADE - Miss Thelma Lee Sturgis, 68, passed away Friday, December 24, 2021 in Lake Wales, FL. Thelma was born January 18, 1953 and was a lifelong resident of Fort Meade, where she graduated Fort Meade High School in 1971. She loved Fort Meade and the community, and loved to share her knowledge of its history and many family...
Dr. Rev. Wilford Clinton Manley, Jr.
Dec 15, 2021
Rev. Dr. Wilford Clinton Manley Jr. (Will), age 87, passed away at Oaks at Salem Road in Beaufort, South Carolina, on December 15, 2021, after a lifetime of devotion and service to the Lord, his fellow man, and his large and loving family. Will was born on November 24, 1934, to parents Wilford Clinton Manley Sr and Louise Andrews Manley,...
Mr. Joe David Rice
Nov 25, 2021
Joe David Rice passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 25, 2021 surrounded by his family. Joe was born on Feb. 19, 1950 in Atoka, OK. He moved to Fort Meade in 1995, where he lived his life to the fullest. He is preceded in death by his parents Uel Lee (Dub) and Sammi Lee Rice, his grandson Blake Kinler, and...
Mrs. Ruby G. Moody
Nov 24, 2021
FORT MEADE – Mrs. Ruby Gillispie Moody, 88, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021 in Lakeland, FL. Mrs. Moody was born October 12, 1933 and was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Meade. In 2017 she moved to Florida Presbyterian Homes in Lakeland. She was a giving and outgoing lady who from a young age was taught to believe...
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